It's been an advertising panel for years... I do wish people would stop blaming Merlin for EVERYTHING And it's quite funny how the park seems to have gone full circle with playing assorted real-life music from then to now... Only no Bon Jovi... I don't remember the radio though, meh... Won't stop me sleeping at night... I find Blackpool's tacky since I first went so I can imagine that Thorpe's may have been the same depending on whether or not they actually had the DJ speaking over it...